Close Enemies
Driss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belonging to a country, a nation or a culture... Manuel has assimilated this belonging, and he has even benefited from it and built his life on it. Driss, meanwhile, has shunned it. They will both have to face up to the consequences of their decisions – because they will each have a price to pay…
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Cast
33 people
Matthias Schoenaerts
Manuel Marco
Known for
Red Sparrow
The Danish Girl
Reda Kateb
Driss, captain of the narcotics squad
Known for
The Specials
The Wolf's Call
Adel Bencherif
Imrane Mogalia, aka 'Tonton'
Known for
War of the Worlds
A Prophet
Sofiane Zermani
Fouad
Known for
The Wages of Fear
No Limit
Sabrina Ouazani
Mounia, Imrane's companion
Known for
On the Other Side of the Tracks
Demi-sœurs
Gwendolyn Gourvenec
Manon, Manuel's ex-companion
Known for
Yao
Superheroes
Nicolas Giraud
Rémi Rufo
Known for
Taken
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
Astrid Whettnall
Head of the narcotics squad
Known for
Into the Night
Baron Noir
Marc Barbé
Marc, narcotics squad
Known for
Paris Police 1900
La Vie en Rose
Yann Goven
Fernandez, narcotics squad
Known for
My King
Far from Men
Ahmed Benaissa
Raji, "godfather" of the estate
Known for
Outside the Law
Papicha
Omar Salim
Nouri, Raji's man
Known for
The Spy
Descent Into Darkness: My European Nightmare
David Oelhoffen Director · Jeanne Aptekman Writer Superpoze Composer
United States release January 29, 2020 · Produced in Belgium, France · Languages Arabic, French
Production
One World Films
Production
Bac Films
Production
Versus Production
Production
Belgium · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Frères ennemis
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Arabic · French
Release dates
Italy · September 1, 2018
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
France · October 3, 2018
Theatrical
United States · January 29, 2020
Digital · Netflix
United States
September 23, 2018 · Premiere · Fantastic Fest
Belgium
October 3, 2018 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 29, 2020 · Theatrical
France
February 6, 2019 · Digital · VOD
February 6, 2019 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
September 19, 2020 · Digital · Canal+ (ex myCanal)
September 19, 2020 · TV · Canal+ Cinéma(s)
October 3, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
July 3, 2025 · TV · T18
September 10, 2026 · TV · France 4
Germany
January 29, 2020 · Digital
Greece
October 11, 2018 · Theatrical
Hungary
January 29, 2020 · Digital
Italy
March 28, 2019 · Theatrical
Lithuania
March 21, 2019 · Premiere · Vilnius International Film Festival
Macao SAR China
December 12, 2018 · Premiere · International Film Festival & Awards Macao
Norway
January 29, 2020 · Digital
Poland
October 12, 2018 · Premiere · Warsaw Film Festival
Serbia
January 13, 2019 · Premiere · Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival
Singapore
January 29, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
South Korea
October 8, 2018 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
June 13, 2019 · Theatrical
Spain
June 14, 2019 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 25, 2019 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
January 30, 2020 · Digital
Taiwan
January 4, 2019 · Theatrical
Türkiye
October 6, 2018 · Limited theatrical · Filmekimi
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